Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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